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Read more about the article Teachers’ alliance questions “no savings” declaration of DepEd-11
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) in Davao Region calls for the insertion of separate budget for the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) cash incentive to the General Appropriations Act in a press conference on Friday, January 25, 2019, in a press conference at a cafe in Davao City. (L-R) ACT-Davao City Chapter President Reynaldo Pardillo; ACT-Davao Region Vice President Wilfredo Lacatan; and ACT-Davao Region President Elenito Escalante. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Teachers’ alliance questions “no savings” declaration of DepEd-11

Teachers group Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has made a call for the inclusion of the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) cash incentive to the 2019 national budget, after Department of Education in Region 11(DepEd-11) declared the status of "no savings" last year.

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Read more about the article Inday Sara to Hontiveros: Read police reports, work on grassroots issues
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte during the Pamulak sa Kadayawan(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday)

Inday Sara to Hontiveros: Read police reports, work on grassroots issues

Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros should read police reports or perhaps work on grassroots issues before making a claim that the lowering the minimum age of criminal liability is immoral, ineffective and unscientific, according to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

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Read more about the article ARMM governor: Ratified BOL is not the end of Bangsamoro’s quest for ‘self-rule’
ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman (Photo by ARMM Bureau of Public Information)

ARMM governor: Ratified BOL is not the end of Bangsamoro’s quest for ‘self-rule’

The ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is not the end of the Bangsamoro’s quest for self-rule as it has yet to deliver its promise of “genuine autonomy” under the proposed establishment of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), an official of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) said.

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Read more about the article CDO Mayor faces petition for disqualification
Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno (davaotoday.com file photo by Jigger J. Jerusalem)

CDO Mayor faces petition for disqualification

One of Mayor Oscar Moreno’s political opponents has filed a disqualification petition against him before the Commission on Elections (Comelec), documents furnished to the media showed.

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Read more about the article ACT-Davao: Children should be in schools not in jail
FILE PHOTO. Alliance of Concerned Teachers in Davao City urged the government to create laws that would help children to access education instead of lowering the age of criminal liability from 15 years old to 9.

ACT-Davao: Children should be in schools not in jail

A teachers’ group on Wednesday underscored the need to lift the lives of poor families where children caught violating the law instead of legislating a law that would push more children in committing crimes.

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